Sunday, May 15, 2011

Yesterday My Husband Beat My 5k PR Time!

Even though he was FAST, he didn't "fly" to the finish. His running form looks more FUN than functional and no, he didn't stop to kiss me at this point in the race. I would have LOVED to have slowed him down but today was HIS day! I rode BS' beach cruiser down the road to COWBELL(yes, it's now a verb)Boy Scout and Chris Korn, along with our other awesome running friends at the local Encinitas 5k. I was supposed to run but a YOGA pose "got" me on Monday and I had to forgo the "KORN CHALLENGE." Chris and I were to race this 5k but I'm POSITIVELY sure that Chris would have kicked my booty because he DID do a 20: something race and looked strong the WHOLE time. He's working on his form and I'd say he is looking pretty solid:

Notice Chris is doing some manly passing-of-the-chicks. Not one to be chick'd, Chris would have done this to me and left me in dust.

See Chris' race report here!

OK, so back to BS...

He took off and I played Where's Waldo? on about four parts of the course. Cowbelling him and peppering him with POSITIVES was easy because he NEVER looked tired, fatigued nor ready to slow down. He pulled off this race as if it were a little training run.

OK, so now the hard part for me...

He beat my 5k pr and GOAL for the race by over 18 seconds. A group of friends saw him cross the finish line and they were the first to inform me. I screamed, not with glee but of frustration. How long did I think this running streak would last for me? Not long, in reality, but I had been hoping. So the more fit BS has become, the stronger he is running. I'm afraid we're back to those college days when I would run along behind him, gasping for air and praying he was ready to cool down.

Ah, his game is on.

Congrats Honey, you are one mighty fine MAN, HUSBAND, BEST FRIEND, RUNNER and grandpa. Let's not forget that you are a grandpa. A might fine grandpa!

Hmm...when is our NEXT race and how hard will I have to work to keep you from beating my time???

Love you...

GOOD JOB, Chris. See you in Scripp's Ranch in July!

Do you and your SIGNIFICANT compete like this at running or other activities? Have you found it to be FUN or ???

26 comments:

Well done to BS and Chris. I read his report earlier. Hope you are ok to run soon. My main family running problem is my dads's PR's which he set when he was in his 50's. I can't get close to his times. ybe when I reach the 50's...

When my wife and I run, we just run for fun. We have no PRs to beat for each other. My wife is not a serious runner (yet). I fear that one day, if not already, she will leave me in the dust with the ants.

Great job to the Boy Scout! Hubs and I run together rarely--running isn't his favorite. But even with the 30 miles or so I run a week, he can still beat me in a 5k race with hardly any training!! Argh!:)

Waylon ( my husband) and I are so similar. :) Ticks me off at how easily he can just go out and run a sub 20 5k. His goal for the end of the summer is 17 minutes...cocky little s&^%! We shall see if he reaches his goal. The good thing about having a goal of 17 min for a 5k is that I am in no way competitive with him on this one! YOu go HONeY! Congrats to Chris and your hubby!

Congrats to BS! Actually, it's kind of cool that you can run together and that you have similar paces. There's no way I can follow my UberH...he's too speedy. Actually, I love that you're usually faster :)

My hubby will NEVER beat me. I'm the younger woman, the fitter woman and the only times he's raced with me he's eaten my dust. Seriously though - he doesn't like to run so it's not ever going to be an issue.

Fun post & good sports(wo)manship, you! Sorry your yoga twist went south & kicked you off the 5K roster :-( I do yoga at least weekly, so I could feel what happened to you as you described it... I know that pose, ouch! Hope you heal up soon.

Re: husbands & running, you are lucky that you & BS are at least close in pace! My hub has been running much longer than me (20 yrs. vs. my 2.5) & is much faster... so we can't really run together. We do register for races, but he is long finished his bagels, bananas or brownies at the food tent before I even cross the line!

way to go BS!! Glad to see C is still the picture in your header, I LOVE that pic! makes me laugh every time!! :-)2 weeks from today we will be ariving in SD!! Can't wait! I forget, will you be at RnR SD?? You won't miss our cheesy neon "just married" shirts :-PHope all is well!xoxo